Where have human cases of bird flu been reported in the United States?

Where have human cases of bird flu been reported in the United States?

Updated: December 19, 2024, 5:28 p.m. CST

One person has been hospitalized in Louisiana with a severe case of bird flu, according to a press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday. The case brings the total to 61 people in eight states, CDC data shows. More than half of those occurred in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency “to streamline and accelerate the state’s response” on the same day news of the serious case in Louisiana emerged. The severe case of the highly pathogenic pathogen According to the CDC, the H5N1 flu was determined to be caused by contact with sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, which would be the first connection with a backyard flock. Outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza have spread to cattle herds in 16 states and poultry herds in 50 states. The CDC still reports the current public health risk from the virus as low and human-to-human transmission has not been documented. Check out the map below to see which states have recorded human cases of the bird flu.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZS IsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlm cmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbn RXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=